Cuspidor.



Patented July 6, 1909.

F. E.-FELLION.

GUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 2, 1909.

wr'rmsssss UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK EDWARD FELLION, OF MALONE, NEW YORK.

GUSPIDOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK EDWARD FELLION, of Malone, in the State of New York, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ouspidors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cuspidors, partunilarly designed for use in connection with the bar in bar rooms, and similar counters, and its object is to provide a simple device of this character which may be readily flushed, and which will be so arranged that the sweeping of dirt, cigar stubs, etc. on the floor of the room, may be very readily swept therein and carried away by the flushing stream of water passing through the cuspidor, further objects being to provide means for saving the cigar stubs as they are carried away from the cuspidor; and it consists essentially of the improvements described more fully in detail in the accompanying specifications and drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bar equipped with a cuspidor construoted and arranged in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the cuspidor. Fig. 3 is a section along the line 2-2, Fig. 2.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, A is the bar or counter of any suitable construction having a foot rail B at the bottom. thereof. Between the foot rail and. the bar the cuspidor trough is located, being countersunk in the floor and having a flange 10 around its upper edges which extends flush with the floor.

The bottom 11 of the trough is made inclined and holes 12 and 1.3 are provided in the side at any suitable point for the introduction of the flushing water. The lower end of the trough extends beneath the floor and is provided. with a discharge spout 1.4 which discharges into a receptacle D which. communieates with a drainage pipe E, the said receptacle being preferably cylindrical in form and having a cylindrical wire cage F on the inside thereof, adapted to collect and retain the cigar and cigarette stubs carried through the cuspidor. This cage may be removed through a suitable trap door G provided in the floor immediately above it.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 436,312.

To prevent large articles passing out the discharge spout and also to obscure the view of the end of the trough, a trap II is provided a short distance from the lower end of the trough, being in the form of a flange 15 downwardly and inwardly curved.

In addition to affording an e'llicient cuspi- (101', it will be observed that my device will be of great use in connection with the cleaning or sweeping of the bar room floor, as since the edges of the cuspidor are level with the floor, all dirt, on the floor may be swept into the cuspidor and carried away by the flushing stream therein.

While the invention has been described herein with great particularity of detail, yet, it will be readily understood that in carrying out the construction of the same, changes, within the scope of the appended claim, may be made, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a cuspidor, the combination with the bar counter arranged upon the floor, said floor being provided with an opening ex tending the length of the bar, an inclined cus pidor trough arranged within said opening having its upper edges flush with the floor, said cuspidor trough being of greater length than the bar, and. extending under the floor at one end, inlet openings formed in the side of said trough adjacent its upper end, a ro ceptacle connected to said trough under said perforations having a drain-pipe connected thereto, a cylindrical wire cage arranged in said receptacle, a trap door formed in the floor above said receptacle to afford access to the same, and a downwardly extending flange formed. on the edge of the floor, adj acent the trap door, said flange being curved inwardly and extending backwardly under the floor, forming means for preventing large objects frompassing under the same, into the receptacle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK EDWARD FELLION.

Witnesses M. F. MOGARRAHAN, T. J. MoKEn. 

